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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “spermatophytic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
spermatophytic287206(None) 
spermatophyte25112392spermatophyt_e
spermatophytes26112322spermatophytes
phreatophytic2862063_phreatophytic
dermatophyte2362474_dermatophyt_e
dermatophytes2462384_dermatophytes
spermatocyte2162444spermato_cyt_e
spermatocytes2262304spermato_cytes
spermatogenic2062744spermato_genic
spermatophore22152384spermatoph_ore
spermatophores23152324spermatophores
sporophytic2354504spor___ophytic
gametophytic2562085__gametophytic
periphytic2264875_per___iphytic
phreatophyte2562165_phreatophyt_e
phreatophytes2662075_phreatophytes
pneumatolytic2261765pneumato_lytic
saprophytic2354015sapr___ophytic
spermatic1548715sperma_____tic
spermatogonia18182635spermato_gonia
spermatozoid2662495spermato__zoid
steatopygic1961805ste__atop_ygic
xerophytic2755935_xer___ophytic

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024237.42312801.3
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691237.78222962.1
 
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